Bethea

On August 30, 2008, ELIZABETH BETHEA. Friends may visit the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERL HOME WEST, INC., on Wednesday after 8:30 A.M., where the family will receive friends on Thursday at 10:30 A.M. at Gwynn Oak U.M. Church, 5020 Gwynn Oak Avenue. Funeral services will follow at 11 A.M.

Donna Bethea, a health care analyst and longtime Northwest Baltimore resident, died of leukemia Tuesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 44. Ms. Bethea was born in Baltimore and raised on Brighton Avenue. She was a 1985 graduate of Polytechnic Institute. She earned a bachelor's degree in 2009 in information technology from the University of Phoenix, and two weeks ago had completed the course work for a master's degree in health administration, also from the University of Phoenix, family members said.

On March 2, 2006 ERNESTINE PRIDGEN BETHEA. On Monday friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Balto. Nat'l Pike, from 3:00-8:00 p.m. On Tuesday, Mrs. Bethea will lie in state at New Shiloh Baptist Church, 2100 N. Monroe Street, where the family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 a.m. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

The opening kickoff was not a good omen for Franklin's football team in Friday night's I-95 Kickoff Classic against Henry Wise at Morgan State's Hughes Stadium. Wise's squib kick bounced off a Franklin player, and the Pumas' D'Angelo Niler recovered for the Prince George's County team. Six plays later, stellar Pumas running back Uriah Bethea dashed 5 yards up the middle untouched for the first score of a 30-7 Wise victory in a clash of 2010 state finalists - the Indians in Class 3A and the Pumas in Class 4A. Bethea, with his offensive line punching big holes for him, carried the ball 19 times for 166 yards and three touchdowns.

On May 31, 2008 HERMAN BETHEA, SR. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Thursday after 2 where family will receive friends on Friday at 9 followed by funeral services at 9:15.

Bobby Joe Bethea, a retired machinist, died Friday of cancer at Northwest Hospital Center. He was 59 and lived in Pikesville. Before he retired several years ago, Mr. Bethea was a machinist at Joseph E. Seagram distillery in Relay, where he worked for 25 years. He had worked earlier at Sweetheart Cup and Glidden Paints. Born in Wilmington, N.C., he was raised in South Baltimore and attended Carver Vocational Technical High School, where he studied mechanics. Mr. Bethea enjoyed fishing and hunting.

John D. Bethea, a former president of the Baltimore Teachers Union (BTU) who had been a track star during his high school and college years, died Sunday after a heart attack at his home in Forest Park. He was 51.He had taught for 22 years, at Lafayette Elementary School, then at Liberty Elementary School and finally at Hilton Elementary School.He was president of the BTU from 1974 through 1979. In 1976, the union and its rival, the Public School Teachers Association (PSTA), were decertified as bargaining agents for city school teachers as a result of a 1974 strike.

At first, the videos provided Rodney Bethea a unique way to promote his clothing line, he says. His concept evolved into a series of DVDs that largely focused on a contest of greatness between two Baltimore men with a knack for spontaneously spewing rap music rhymes. Along the way, the DVDs gained popularity on Baltimore's streets. NBA star Carmelo Anthony; his teammate Rodney White; Michael K. Williams, star of HBO's The Wire; and rapper Jadakiss made cameo appearances. Still, the first eight videos made nary a splash in the mainstream media.

A Baltimore District Court judge ruled yesterday that a 21-year-old Baltimore man who is accused of holding a police clerical worker hostage after his arrest on drug charges is competent to stand trial. Rodney Bethea is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment. His trial is to begin July 17. According to court documents, Bethea, after his arrest on a marijuana possession charge April 13, tried to hang himself with a string inside an office in the Northeastern District station.

A 21-year-old man who took a civilian police employee hostage at a Northeast Baltimore station house this year pleaded guilty yesterday to charges stemming from the incident. Rodney M. Bethea had been arrested on a charge of marijuana possession April 13 when officers brought him to the Northeastern District station for an interview. Court documents said that Bethea first tried to hang himself in an interview room and then later assaulted an officer with a three-foot halogen light bulb.

A 57-year-old man who was found beaten earlier this week has died as a result of his injuries, police said. Albert Bethea was found about 3:45 a.m. Sunday in the 700 block of E. Eager St. in East Baltimore, suffering from injuries to the face and head consistent with being kicked or stomped, said police spokeswoman Nicole Monroe. Bethea was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he died on Tuesday. Monroe said a witness saw a man standing over Bethea, but a motive has not been established.

On September 9, 2009, MAJOR; beloved husband of Shirley. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Tuesday after 8:30 A.M., where the family will receive friends on Wednesday at 11:30 A.M. Funeral services will follow at 12 noon.

On May 26, 2009, TIFFANI L.; beloved mother of Tanee Stokes; cherished daughter of Dorothy Bethea and step daughter of Vernie Bethea; also survived by two brothers, Andre and Lamonte Tyler; two devoted aunts, Pamela Griffin and Adelaide Davis and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the CHATMAN-HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, 5240 Reisterstown Road, Friday 2 to 8 P.M (Family will be present 6 to 8 P.M). Services will be held at the above chapel Saturday. Wake 12:30 P.M. Funeral services will begin at 1 P.M.

On October, 2, 2008 GLADYS "DUTCHES" JORDAN COOPER; beloved wife of Miles Cooper. Devoted mother of two daughters, Crystal Bethea (Eric), and Thalia Shannon. Mrs. Cooper is also survived by two granddaughters India Brown, and Erica Bethea, one great-granddaughter, Zorin Perry as well as a host of other relatives and friends. On Thursday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Rd. from 3:00-8:00 P.M. On Friday, Mrs. Cooper will lie instate at Whitestone Baptist Church, 3001 Baker Street, where the family will receive friends from 10:00 to 10:30 A.M. with services to follow.

On August 30, 2008, ELIZABETH BETHEA. Friends may visit the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERL HOME WEST, INC., on Wednesday after 8:30 A.M., where the family will receive friends on Thursday at 10:30 A.M. at Gwynn Oak U.M. Church, 5020 Gwynn Oak Avenue. Funeral services will follow at 11 A.M.

On May 31, 2008 HERMAN BETHEA, SR. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Thursday after 2 where family will receive friends on Friday at 9 followed by funeral services at 9:15.

On October, 2, 2008 GLADYS "DUTCHES" JORDAN COOPER; beloved wife of Miles Cooper. Devoted mother of two daughters, Crystal Bethea (Eric), and Thalia Shannon. Mrs. Cooper is also survived by two granddaughters India Brown, and Erica Bethea, one great-granddaughter, Zorin Perry as well as a host of other relatives and friends. On Thursday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Rd. from 3:00-8:00 P.M. On Friday, Mrs. Cooper will lie instate at Whitestone Baptist Church, 3001 Baker Street, where the family will receive friends from 10:00 to 10:30 A.M. with services to follow.

The sequel to the infamous Stop Snitching DVD and its implied message - intended or not - is only part of a larger code of silence, a member of a panel said last night at an East Baltimore church. To get to the root of a culture in which telling on wrongdoers is discouraged, Tyrone Powers, an education and political activist, told about 75 people at New Life United Methodist Church that drug dealers and murderers should not be singled out, and that there need to be whistleblowers in all walks of life, willing to expose politicians, police officers and clergy.